As a first year student, I can only start to plan out my G.O.A.L.S. My plans are as follows.
Global Awareness: I very much want to study abroad. Ever since I began taking Spanish in middle school I’ve wanted to go to Barcelona, and after studying Chilean culture in high school, I put Chile as the first place I want to travel to. I think its very hard to get a good idea of global diversity and different cultures without going out into the world and seeing them for yourself. I was lucky enough to be able to spend 2 weeks exploring Costa Rica with a wonderful company called Bold Earth, and that trip made me appreciate diversity and only made me want to get out and see more of the world. I think I’ll also gain some global awareness just be taking a variety of Spanish classes, and if possible I would love to learn another language as well.
Original Inquiry: As someone who is very meticulous about what I eat, I would love to do some research on human nutrition, particularly on how meat and dairy affect the body. With veganism becoming an increasingly popular diet, I would like to contribute to the research that really makes veganism sound. Additionally, I think it would be very interesting to study the effects that veganism has on disease and cancer development. On another note, as a member of two comedy related clubs, I’m very excited to start writing comedy sketches and articles and have those published or performed. I’ve been writing comedy sketches for a year or two now, and I’m very excited to watch my writing improve with the help of these clubs.
Academic Enrichment: One of the things I value most is education, and I took all my classes very seriously in high school, graduating Magna Cum Laude with an honors diploma, as well as taking 10 AP classes. I intend to take all the classes required for my major and minor, and hopefully I’ll have room to take some extra classes on genetics, astronomy, and history, since these are things I also love to study. Since I’m so passionate about nutrition, its not uncommon to find me watching documentaries on nutrition and the food industry, since the more I know, the better.
Leadership Development: I have always been a leader, and as one of the only first-year students in Sundial and Backburner, I hope to be able to secure a leadership position in both of these clubs in the next few years. In high school I was the captain of my lacrosse team, and I very much enjoyed being a leader for the girls on my team. In group projects for class, if people aren’t working well together I like to say something so that the group does the best work it can.
Service Engagement: I’ve done a lot of service over the past few years. In high school I completed about 175 hours of community service for a variety of organizations, such as The Cleveland Botanical Gardens, The Cleveland Culinary Launch Kitchen, children’s summer camps, and I did some community service in San José, Costa Rica. I don’t know what my plans are for community service are here at Ohio State, but I hope to find something I can do throughout my entire time here.